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The single main difference between an MRes and an MPhil is that an MRes has taught components although the main focus is still on research. An MPhil can simply be regarded as the first year of a PhD and consists purely of research. The MRes degree is a standalone masters degree and the award of a PhD requires an additional 3 years study - the so called 1+3 format. The MPhil degree howevever is not standalone and there is the expectation that a student will progress satisfactorily for the additional two years to obtain a PhD - the 1+2 format. Consequently an MPhil is awarded to those who have not met the requirements to progress to the second PhD year or to intercalating medical students who have taken a year out of medical training to conduct research in a particular field of interest. Sail quickly ( talk) 14:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
In contrast to some Master of Science degrees, all Master of Arts degrees are purely taught degrees and are not undertaken by research.
Research undertaken for a Master of Research degree is of a considerably lower standard in contrast to that of an MPhil or PhD, for instance. In contrast to an MPhil or PhD, a research Master's degree does not require a viva oral examination on the produced thesis.
Just to confuse things, I see that the University of Birmingham offers an MA by Research:
The History MA by Research programme requires you to prepare a dissertation of up to 40,000 words on a topic of your choice...
There is no taught component. See http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/history/history.aspx#CourseDetailsTab Herbgold ( talk) 11:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Substantial rewrite of article (but incorporating all previous content). It was a bit messy and too UK focussed.
I split the country specific info into sub-headings as per the MPhil and PhD pages, and hopefully others will be able to expand on this further. This is important as the structure and length of the dissertation differs significantly between countries. ‘Award instead of doctoral degree’ was also moved here as this does not seem to be the case outside UK. It needs better referencing, but it’s hard with this type of article and I’m not an expert.
Disclosure: I’m employed by a university but it's not mentioned/referenced in this article and I’m editing this out of personal interest. Mpspencer ( talk) 22:05, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
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The single main difference between an MRes and an MPhil is that an MRes has taught components although the main focus is still on research. An MPhil can simply be regarded as the first year of a PhD and consists purely of research. The MRes degree is a standalone masters degree and the award of a PhD requires an additional 3 years study - the so called 1+3 format. The MPhil degree howevever is not standalone and there is the expectation that a student will progress satisfactorily for the additional two years to obtain a PhD - the 1+2 format. Consequently an MPhil is awarded to those who have not met the requirements to progress to the second PhD year or to intercalating medical students who have taken a year out of medical training to conduct research in a particular field of interest. Sail quickly ( talk) 14:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
In contrast to some Master of Science degrees, all Master of Arts degrees are purely taught degrees and are not undertaken by research.
Research undertaken for a Master of Research degree is of a considerably lower standard in contrast to that of an MPhil or PhD, for instance. In contrast to an MPhil or PhD, a research Master's degree does not require a viva oral examination on the produced thesis.
Just to confuse things, I see that the University of Birmingham offers an MA by Research:
The History MA by Research programme requires you to prepare a dissertation of up to 40,000 words on a topic of your choice...
There is no taught component. See http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/history/history.aspx#CourseDetailsTab Herbgold ( talk) 11:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
Substantial rewrite of article (but incorporating all previous content). It was a bit messy and too UK focussed.
I split the country specific info into sub-headings as per the MPhil and PhD pages, and hopefully others will be able to expand on this further. This is important as the structure and length of the dissertation differs significantly between countries. ‘Award instead of doctoral degree’ was also moved here as this does not seem to be the case outside UK. It needs better referencing, but it’s hard with this type of article and I’m not an expert.
Disclosure: I’m employed by a university but it's not mentioned/referenced in this article and I’m editing this out of personal interest. Mpspencer ( talk) 22:05, 30 November 2017 (UTC)